Hardie says the Scotland squad have been given a boost by their performances during the tournament, having lost all their Six Nations matches earlier in the year.

Hardie has been with Edinburgh since the autumn

"We went in there in the quarter-final with nothing to lose," Hardie told BBC Scotland.

"I always thought from when I first got here this team could go a lot further than people thought. It's building and it's just getting better and better. The players are growing and it is still a young side."